It's better to conquer them than to command the steel torrent

Chapter 65: Your Majesty, This is Your Guard
In his past and present lives, Shang Ke has always held one view.

A unit with good discipline and mission-oriented command cannot have poor combat effectiveness.

The concept of "mission-based command" originated in the early 19th century. Prussian military strategists attached great importance to the initiative and creativity of commanders on the battlefield, and mission-based command came into being.

The battlefield is unpredictable and full of uncertainty, and the information received by commanders in the rear is always delayed and distorted. Therefore, encouraging junior officers on the front line to make reasonable decisions on the spot can gain the upper hand.

Simply put, it means specifying the task (what it is) but not the specific means (how to do it), allowing subjective initiative to be exercised.

Of course, we must never go to extremes. An extreme counterexample is the Showa staff of Japan who acted on their own initiative.

There is no need to say much about the two armies that have appropriately applied mission-based command and carried it forward - the West is bright and the East is also bright.

Now, it is only natural for Shangke to try to apply this concept to the Royal Guard.

When it came to the various training standards, he took a slack and mostly copied the existing Hungarian Army regulations, but he also mixed in some of his own standards.

Anyway, the overall training intensity is only slightly lower than that of the later Rangers, and the combat concept is also more advanced.

Timely acquisition of battlefield information is the key to victory. Shang Ke believes this very much and has arranged five female soldiers with perceptual abilities for the mechanized cavalry squad.

He officially began to put his previous inspiration into practice - using Sailor Moon's supernatural abilities to realize a youth version of the unity of faith and fire that transcends time.

During this process, Su Ji and an artillery captain provided a lot of help.

What is very frustrating is that the Grand Federation has enjoyed peace for many years, and the Federal Armed Forces have lacked brilliant war performance for decades. Therefore, some Hungarian and Swedish officers would privately wonder - these Orientals have fought fewer wars than our fathers, are they really reliable?

Shang Ke disdained to argue with him, thinking it was meaningless.

April passed quietly and May arrived unknowingly.

As the sun rose, the troops got up and assembled at the sound of whistles as usual, and then headed to the training ground in the southwestern suburbs.

In order to win over the troops and avoid wasting his physical fitness, Shang Ke would sometimes get off the car and march on foot with the troops.

After arriving at the training ground, the soldiers took a short rest and the routine physical training began on time.

Wearing a gas mask, run a 400-meter obstacle course within a limited time. One time!
Hold the ammunition box high above your shoulders with both hands, seventy times each set, three sets!

A 1,000-meter log race, with six people in each team carrying a log, back and forth!
Shouts and scoldings came one after another. The guards were already used to such days, and the training was carried out in an orderly manner.

However, an uninvited guest arrived at the training ground today.

There were two guard posts and two sentries at the camp gate, and the convoy consisting of sidecar motorcycles and Skoda armored cars was stopped.

The captain of the royal guard came to negotiate in person, but was still rejected. The old man was so angry that his beard stood up.

The bulletproof glass of the Skoda sedan could only be lowered a few centimeters. Sigrid asked in confusion, "Lucas, what happened?"

The captain of the guards replied helplessly: "Your Majesty, the sentries refused us direct entry and they need to report to the commander."

"Does the sentry know it's me?"

"of course."

Sigrid couldn't help but doubt herself - were these still the Royal Guards? Even though I came here in person, they wouldn't obey?

After waiting for a while, the sentry let the convoy pass and saluted the bulletproof car with a rifle.

The convoy entered the training ground and was not driven far before it was instructed to pull over and park with other military trucks and motorcycles.

The captain of the guard expressed strong dissatisfaction, but Sigrid signaled to him that there was no need to argue.

When you walk a little further inside, you can see a man named Shang sitting on the top of a truck cab and giving orders from afar.

"...What is that team over there doing? Move two meters to the left! They're so slow, they're even worse than women!" He was holding binoculars in his left hand, a stopwatch in his right hand, and wearing a pair of black sunglasses. No matter how you looked at him, he looked very domineering.

Realizing that the real mistress of the guard had arrived, Shang Ke hurriedly jumped down, stuffed his sunglasses back into his pocket, saluted with a standard military salute to hide his embarrassment, and introduced himself in English: "Good morning, Your Majesty. I am Major Shang Ke of the Military Technical Advisory Corps, and I am currently directing the training of the Royal Guard."

"Can I see it?" Sigrid asked, staring at him.

"of course can."

"But I was turned away at the entrance earlier."

To be honest, Shang didn't mean to make things difficult for her. He didn't have the time to play tricks on Queen Huns. He never expected that Emperor Wen of Han would actually inspect the Xiuli Camp.

Given that his image just now was not good, he couldn't help but worry that he would be fired by the angry queen.

What should I do? Urgent!
Wait a minute! Got it!
After a moment's thought, Shang Ke decided to play it safe and said in an enigmatic manner, "Your Majesty, over two thousand years ago in the Han Empire, a general skilled in military management was ordered to train a field army. That unit was renowned for its strict discipline, and even the emperor himself was stopped outside the camp gates to reward them until the general gave the order."

Sigrid blinked and asked, "What happened next?"

"That field army defeated the invading Xiongnu. Later, the general gained the emperor's trust, and when a large-scale rebellion broke out in the empire, he quelled the seven rebellious kingdoms in just three months."

"incredible."

Shang Ke said seriously, "So, on the surface, you were rudely stopped, but in fact, this just proves that the Royal Guards are well-trained."

Sigrid nodded thoughtfully and said, "I see. This makes sense."

In fact, just as Shang guessed, his arrogant attitude just now left a very bad initial impression on Sigrid, but it was quickly reversed.

Even a layman can feel the spirit of a unit.

She watched the soldiers doing physical training with great interest, asking questions from time to time.

On the mud wall, white slogans were painted in Hungarian.

"Never forget Transylvania!"

"Clean your swords and feed your horses."

"The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war."

In order to truly integrate into this country, Sigrid forced herself to study Hungarian history and important events for several months, so she was very sensitive to some nouns.

Transylvania? Was this meant to inspire revenge in the soldiers?

The sun was at its zenith and it was time for lunch.

The staple food is black bread, and the only dishes are fragrant potatoes, tomatoes, onions, and beef stew. Each person gets a bowl, and classes with excellent training performance can also get two extra smoked pork sausages.

"Your Majesty, would you like to taste the army's delicacies?" Shang Ke smiled as he held a bowl of stew.

"That's exactly what I want to do," Sigrid agreed without hesitation.

She took a sip with a spoon, tasted it carefully, and commented, "It's better than I thought, but too salty."

"Training is very physically demanding, so I need to replenish more salt."

"I see. So, Major Shang, are the Royal Guards facing any problems now?"

Shang Ke was stunned for two seconds, then said in a resentful tone, "Too many."

(End of this chapter)